gigantic

• “The Osages are so tall and robust as almost to warrant the application of the term gigantic: few of them appear to be under six feet, and many are above it.”

  Travels in the Interior of America, in the Years 1809, 1810, and 1811

• “In like manner the commander of Fort Casimir, when he found his martial spirit waxing too hot within him, would sally forth into the fields and lay about him most lustily with his sabre; decapitating cabbages by platoons; hewing down lofty sunflowers, which he termed gigantic Swedes; and if, perchance, he espied a colony of big-bellied pumpkins quietly basking in the sun, "Ah! caitiff Yankees!" would he roar, "have I caught ye at last?”

  Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete

• “For at such times, when he found his martial spirit waxing hot within him, he would prudently sally forth into the fields, and lugging out his trusty sabre, of full two flemish ells in length, would lay about him most lustily, decapitating cabbages by platoons — hewing down whole phalanxes of sunflowers, which he termed gigantic”

  A History of New York

• “And then, the writing on the wall flashing in gigantic neon letters, they tried an end-run -- appealing to the BC Supreme Court to enjoin Braidwood from finding any misconduct on their part.”

  Archive 2009-06-01

• “The Korean signs say Census 2010″ in gigantic letters.”

  Think Progress » City Removes Spanish-Language Census Sign After ‘Angry’ Citizens And Lawmakers Raise A Fuss

• “What do you call a gigantic man-made disaster that is threatening to despoil the ecosystems and wreck the economies of the Gulf Coast?”

  The Washington Post: BP touts itself as 'green,' but faces PR disaster with 'BP oil spill'

• “I could have done without the attempts to make the movie a "real" spy movie --- I'm talking about all the things that get blown up and swallowed in gigantic fireballs and about the realistic violence of the fistfights.”

  The old Adapt A Popular TV Series For The Movies And Leave Out Half The Elements That Made The Series Work In The First Place Trick

• “Nothing needs to be done in gigantic, multibillion dollar leaps.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Wanted: Better Buses

• “The opportunity arrives when a typhoon strikes while the boats and crew are away and Chris must reefs sails and take the wheel when the ship rears in gigantic waves and the sailing master is injured, the Chinese cook washed overboard.”

  “Why this longing for life? It is a game which no man wins.”

• “They are cut in gigantic chunks for a reason, and heavy with water.”

  Fake Shrimp Scam (!?!?) and the ML Guide to Buffet by the lb. Eating | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan

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